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Has Zara-founder Amancio Ortega won over his hardened critics with his contributions to Spain’s COVID-19 crisis?

HE’S the world’s sixth-richest person, with an eight-brand empire of 7,200 clothing shops spread across 93 countries. There isn’t a lot that Zara-founder Amancio Ortega

1 May, 2020 @ 17:02

Business & Finance·Lead

Ryanair scraps flights to two airports in Spain and cuts services to several others over 'excessive fees'

Ryanair announces 3,000 job cuts due to coronavirus crisis

RYANAIR has announced that it expects to cut 3,000 jobs due to the coronavirus crisis.

1 May, 2020 @ 14:10

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

DRUGS TO GO: Interpol issue warning after dealers in Spain take guise of food delivery drivers

A SERIES of busts by Spanish police has led to Interpol issuing a world-wide alert warning of drugs dealers operating under the guise of takeaway

1 May, 2020 @ 12:30

Lead·National News

BREAKING: Spain’s coronavirus infection rate continues to fall while daily death toll sees slight increase

SPAIN’S COVID-19 death toll has increased by 281 in the past 24 hours. It is a slight jump on yesterday’s six-week low of 268, but

1 May, 2020 @ 11:39

Lead·National News

‘UNLOCK THE ROCK’: Gibraltar eases COVID-19 restrictions on businesses from May 2 onward

LOCALS will be able to head to shops on main-street this Saturday for the first time in Gibraltar since the general lock-down that started on

30 Apr, 2020 @ 20:06

Coronavirus·Gibraltar·Lead

Cops’ leave CANCELLED to increase checkpoints on routes to coastal areas ahead of partial de-escalation in Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA City Council has reported all Local Police must come to work and guarantee strict compliance of new lock-down rules, this Bank Holiday weekend. Their

30 Apr, 2020 @ 17:03

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Police launch pre-Christmas blitz on drunk drivers in Spain

Policeman ends up in hospital after being run over at a coronavirus checkpoint in Madrid

A POLICEMAN has been run over at a checkpoint in Madrid when a car refused to stop.

30 Apr, 2020 @ 13:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

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Coronavirus effectively under control in seven of Spain’s autonomous communities

Data suggests that the virus in Andalusia, the Canary Islands, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, Valencia, Extremadura and Murcia is essentially under control.

30 Apr, 2020 @ 10:29

Health·Lead·National News

Exclusive La Sexta Image Shows Mariano Rajoy On The Street Doing Excercise Skipping Confinement Photo Credit La Sexta

Spain’s former Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces €600 fine for allegedly skipping quarantine as probe continues

Spain’s Former Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has been under scrutiny since April 14 for allegedly breaking confinement rules.

30 Apr, 2020 @ 10:26

Lead·Other News

Hoteliers in Spain’s Mallorca put forward Playa de Palma as tourism pilot destination until COVID-19 vaccine found

Hoteliers believe Playa de Palma has the ideal conditions to protect visitors from coronavirus

30 Apr, 2020 @ 09:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Woman arrested in Madrid for lying about being kidnapped when instead she broke lockdown rules to go to a birthday party

A WOMAN has been arrested in Madrid for saying she was kidnapped but instead broke lockdown rules and went to a birthday party.

29 Apr, 2020 @ 18:18

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

When can I visit friends and family according to Spain’s new coronavirus plan?

THE new coronavirus deescalation plan announced last night has left many unanswered questions which governments have promised to answer in the coming days. One of

29 Apr, 2020 @ 16:46

Lead·National News

British Airways set to make 12,000 people redundant due to coronavirus crisis

BRITISH Airways is set to cut up to 12,000 jobs due to the coronavirus crisis, it has been reported.

29 Apr, 2020 @ 15:29

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Costa Blanca tourist group suggests Spain’s de-escalation plans could be ‘lifebuoy filled with concrete’

NEW MEASURES to get Spain back to a ‘new normal’ have been met with criticism from two major tourist groups in Costa Blanca. They see

29 Apr, 2020 @ 14:51

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spanish car company, SEAT registers €48 million loss in March alone

SEAT have made staggering losses since the start of the coronavirus crisis.

29 Apr, 2020 @ 14:43

Business & Finance·Lead

BREAKING: Number of recovered coronavirus patients in Spain rise by a record number in the last 24 hours

THE number of recovered coronavirus patients in Spain has risen by a record amount in the last 24 hours.

29 Apr, 2020 @ 13:40

Health·Lead·National News

Not up to the job: 55% say Spain’s government can’t tackle the coronavirus crisis

LESS than a third of Spanish voters think the nation’s coalition government is up to the job of tackling the coronavirus crisis, according to a

29 Apr, 2020 @ 12:33

Lead·National News

REVEALED: The 44 parks in Palma de Mallorca that will reopen for children from TOMORROW in further relaxation of Spain’s COVID-19 lockdown

The move follows the Council's decision to reopen all of the city's beaches

28 Apr, 2020 @ 19:42

Lead·Mallorca

BREAKING: Spain will lift coronavirus restrictions in FOUR phases with islands given a head start

PEDRO Sanchez has announced that Spain’s deescalation of COVID-19 lockdown restrictions will take place in four phases. The de-escalation will be ‘gradual’ and done so

28 Apr, 2020 @ 18:59

Lead·National News

EXCLUSIVE: Sirens and helium balloons surprise British expat on her 100th birthday under confinement in Spain – watch

CORONAVIRUS may have stopped Peggy Bloomfield from celebrating her 100th birthday in style. But it didn’t stop neighbours, friends and local authorities from surprising her

28 Apr, 2020 @ 15:40

Costa Blanca·Lead

Former Barcelona star and Spanish international, Cesc Fabregas offers to defer his entire Monaco salary for four months due to coronavirus crisis

CESC Fabregas has offered to defer his entire Monaco salary for four months during the coronavirus crisis.

28 Apr, 2020 @ 15:17

Lead·Sport

Officials in Germany say there will be NO holidays to Spain this year in multi-million euro blow to Balearic Islands’ tourism sector

Germans are likely to bypass holidays to Spain this year, according to the country's tourism commissioner

28 Apr, 2020 @ 13:49

Business & Finance·Lead·Mallorca·National News·Travel News

Second surge in Covid-19 cases feared as Costa Blanca medics ‘saddened’ by quarantine breaches

MEDICAL EXPERTS across the Costa Blanca have stated that six weeks of quarantine may have been wasted if people do not adhere to social distancing

28 Apr, 2020 @ 13:12

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

Councils consider cautious return to reopening popular street markets in Costa Blanca’s Vega Baja region

POLITICIANS from all sides have questioned why the popular street markets in Costa Blanca’s Vega Baja region cannot reopen. Since the pandemic broke, Cox mayor,

28 Apr, 2020 @ 11:38

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead

WATCH: Health minister breaks down in meeting while honouring colleagues killed by Covid-19 in northern Spain

HEALTH Minister, Verónica Casado, broke down towards the end of a marathon meeting discussing Covid-19 and fellow professionals that have died from the virus. She

27 Apr, 2020 @ 20:46

Coronavirus·Lead·National News

Woman in Spain tells police she’s going to her mother’s funeral, even though her mother died before the state of emergency was declared

A WOMAN in Galicia that was stopped by the police told them she was going to her mother’s funeral, even though her mother had passed

27 Apr, 2020 @ 18:03

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